Tutorial Test Results Can Now Bypass E-Mail and Go Straight to Blackboard
There is a time and place for e-mail, but certain processes function better without it. This concept is now being applied to test results for online library tutorials.
The TWU Libraries offer a set of online tutorials (Avoiding Plagiarism, Understanding Information Sources, Finding Books and Journal Articles, The Internet for College Students and RefWorks) designed to help students avoid plagiarism, improve their research skills, use the internet to locate reliable information, and cite their work. Each tutorial features a test at the end which is automatically scored when answers are submitted. The test results are e-mailed to the student, who has the option of also having his or her score e-mailed to the instructor. Instructors are then faced with the task of opening and viewing individual e-mails to view and assess their students' test results.
A mechanism is now in place which allows students to upload their test results to Blackboard, affording instructors the convenience of being able to view all their students' scores in one centralized location.
The process is a simple one. Instructions to upload test results to Blackboard are included with each test. If a professor wants his or her students to do this, they are asked not to use their professor's e-mail address in the designated area. Instead, after submitting their answers, they will see instructions on how to save and upload their results. This is a simple matter of selecting and copying the test result text, opening a word document, and saving the results. The student then logs in to Blackboard and follows the professor's instructions for submitting their results.
Using the upload-to-Blackboard feature streamlines the library tutorial test result process for faculty, allowing them to view and evaluate students' tutorial test results with the centralization and convenience that Blackboard affords.
Contributers: Brandy Klug and Sandy Cochran
